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From the Archives: U.K. Quilts and Exhibits

January 28, 2020 / jeanne / 0 Comments

A quilt with a white background covered in pairs of red X’s hanging high in an ancient cathedral

Durham Cathedral

White quilts covered with pairs of red X’s draped over church pews and chairs

Durham Cathedral

White quilts covered with pairs of red X’s draped over church pews and chairs and on the floor

Durham Cathedral

Two white banners covered with pairs of red X’s hang in the front of an ancient cathedral

Rochester Cathedral

White quilts covered with pairs of red X’s hang in an ancient cathedral

Rochester Cathedral

White quilts covered with pairs of red X’s on display in an ancient cathedral

Rochester Cathedral

White quilts covered with pairs of red X’s

Jersey Heritage Center and Museum, Channel Islands U.K.

White quilts covered with pairs of red X’s on display in a museum

Jersey Heritage Center and Museum, Channel Islands, U.K.

Every year Europeans mark Holocaust Remembrance Day at the end of January. The Engineer, Tari Vickery, and I are honored to be in attendance and participate in January 2018. Quilts of The 70273 Project were on display in Durham Cathedral, Rochester Cathedral, and the Jersey Heritage Center and Museum in the Channel Islands. It’s been two years, and I still can’t adequately express my feelings or tell you about the people, the quilts, the stories, the connections, the tears of laughter, sorrow, and of Knowing, the immense hospitality and warm welcome. I’m still processing . . . And smiling . . . And chortling . . . And whispering gratitude. What an honor it was to meet people I knew only in social media, to bear witness to their stories, to feel the power of the quilts they made.

A big, huge, ginormous bouquet of gratitude to The 70273 Project Ambassadors – Margaret Jackson, Mary Turner, and Christine FitzGerald in Durham; Lucy Horner in Rochester; and Kim Monins and Gisele Therezien in the Channel Islands – who spent countless hours scheduling, coordinating, and staging Block Drives and these massive exhibits. And more bouquets of gratitude to the patient, supportive spouses, siblings, children, pets, grandchildren, and friends like Sharon Howell, Bev Bunn, Wendy Dawes, Edina Geering, Beryl Connelly, Annie Labruyere, Sue Harris, and countless – and I do mean countless – others in the U.K. who went above and beyond to commemorate tens of thousands of those we memorialize and create exhibits and events that will not soon be forgotten by those of us in attendance.

In case you’re wondering, The Engineer, Tari, and I paid our own way to these exhibits – as we always do – and we’re very grateful to those who gave us a bed to sleep on, fed us, and ferried us hither and yon while we were there. Whenever we travel to an exhibit, each of us pays to take an extra large suitcase so we can bring home as many quilts as possible. We still have a few quilts in need of a ride home from Durham, however, so if you’d like to give them wings, please donate what you can and help us get them home to 70273 Project Heartquarters. When you donate through the Pay Pal Giving Fund, it only takes a few minutes to register and designate The 70273 Project – a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation – as the charity to receive your donation. There are no fees deducted when donating through The Pay Pal Giving Fund, which means The 70273 Project keeps your entire donation. Thank you in advance.

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Meet Quilt 423

May 2, 2019 / jeanne / 0 Comments

a white quilt covered with pairs of red X's is displayed beside a waterfall

Allow me to introduce Quilt 423 of The 70273 Project.

a box made from a carton of drinks sits atop a white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

As one who once taught book and box making workshops, I chortled gleefully when Miss 423 arrived in her own handmade chariot, complete with a (still-uncompleted) subtraction worksheet turned protection flap! The box is made by the same creative hands that picked up the quilt top last year at the Minnesota Quilt Show and finished it into this quilt: Rhende Hagemeister, a woman who’s as much fun as she is talented.

“The tears flowed most of the time. I thought about each pair of red XX’s and vowed to honor each one – their names, their families, their lives – blowing in the wind for us to remember and honor. They spoke to me.” ~ Rhende Hagemeister

a white quilt coverd with a varity of pairs of red X's

The knowledgeable and talented one named Teddy Pruett pieced #423 who measures 38.75” wide by 60” high and commemorates 47 souls. Data Angels from around the world are busy entering information on each block and quilt, and as soon as they’re done (and there are several backups of the . . . landscape-oriented table cause the word “spreadsheet” sends me into a fetal position in a dark room!), I’ll be back to tell you who all has a block in this beauty. For now, enjoy the photos (especially the one of the front that’s being held up by The Engineer in what I’ve come to call The Steve Maneuver, named after Kim Monins’ husband who held up many, many quilts throughout Jersey, Channel Islands (U.K.) and help me thank Teddy, Rhende, and all the as yet unidentified Makers for their contribution to The 70273 Project. And hey, if you’re willing to become a Data Angel, let me know. It’s something you can do from the comfort of your own computer anywhere in the world.

If you live in the Minnesota vicinity, mark your calendars ’cause The 70273 Project, The Engineer, and I will be back at the Minnesota Quilt Show in Rochester this year. See the calendar for details. There will be many quilts that were touched by hands from Minnesota on display for the first time this year, so be sure to stop by and see them and let me call you “Sugar” to your face.

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The 70273 Project on Exhibit at the University of Central Missouri till August 2019

April 23, 2019 / jeanne / 0 Comments

two men and a woman stand in front of a projected image

University of Central Missouri President Roger Best, Ph.D. and Provost, Mike Godard, Ph.D. welcome Jeanne to campus

4/25/2019 GOOD NEWS UPDATE: The response to the exhibit in the McClure Archives and University Library on the Campus of the University of Central Missouri has been so successful, the exhibit has been extended through December 31, 2019! If you’d like to take your group (think class, guild, organization, family), let me know or contact Dr. Clifford-Napoleone at the museum directly. And now we return to our blog post, currently in progress . . .

One month and 27 days after being sworn in as the 16th President of University of Central Missouri, Roger Best, Ph.D. appeared before me during mic check, introduced himself, and when I thanked him for stopping by to introduce himself, assured me he was staying for my presentation. And he did. The theme of Best’s inaugural address was “milestones” (something the University of Central Missouri enjoys a lot of). Important note and hint: His wife is a quilter. I look forward to meeting her when I’m back on campus in August.

two women stand in front of a glass display case filled with white quilts covered with pairs of red X's

Jeanne and Amber R. Clifford-Napoleone, Ph.D., Director of McClure Archives and University Museum in front of a large display case filled with quilts of The 70273 Project

Thanks to the efforts of Amber R. Clifford-Napoleone, Ph.D., the Mules (I LOVE their mascot) of Central Missouri have yet another milestone for their history book. More than a year ago, Dr. Clifford-Napoleone, Quilter and Director of The McClure Archives and University Museum, asked to host an exhibit of The 70273 Project quilts, and so, as of March 29, 2019, The McClure Archives and University Museum is home to the first exhibit of The 70273 Project on a college campus as well as the largest (more than 100 quilts on display) and longest-running (March to August 2019) exhibit of The 70273 Project to date.

Jeanne with The 70273 Projecteteers Anne Bolin Street, Shari Gilliam, Veronica Johnson, Becky Collis, Becky’s grandchildren Averi and Cassia, and Denniele Bohannon

Jeanne and Becky Collis with her granddaughters, Averi and Cassia. The girls are ticklish. Ask me how I know.

Besides President Best, Godard, and Clifford-Napoleone, the Dean, various organizational chairs, students, professors, citizens who work with Veterans, local quilters, and community leaders filled the room. Aaaannnnddd, some 70273 Projecteteers came and sat on the front row! It was great fun to call these Tribe members “Sugar” to their face.

My presentation kicked off Politics and Social Justice Week and the opening of The 70273 Project Exhibit. Due to my eye problems (that have since been diagnosed), my daughter Alison went with me to be my eyes. She recorded this video of my presentation with no tripod! It’s been almost a month, and her arms are still shaking, so yes, I’m getting a tripod before my next presentation.

Alison won bonus points with the rest of the family for catching me in this visual short joke.

Fantastic questions followed my presentation, and after 25 minutes, the Q and A session had to be cut off because (a) I’d assigned homework to a lot of people that was due immediately following the presentation and (b) there were refreshments waiting down the hall.

6 when line the stairs. Painted on the riser to each step is the word "welcome" in different languages.

Y’all know I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to capture a photo with my new friends on the stairs bidding visitors welcome in a variety of different languages.

After enjoying refreshments and good conversations, we walked back to The McClure for what we all came to see: the quilts on exhibit. Dr. Clifford-Napolone’s students did an outstanding job of hanging the exhibit.

open door covered with signage about the Archives and Museum and the exhibit

quilts on display, white covered with pairs of red X's

3 rows of white quilts covered with pairs of red X's

quilts on display in a glass-from display case

Minis of The 70273 Project were displayed in glass cases. Mirrors were used so that both sides of the Minis could be seen by visitors.

The exhibit is open Monday to Thursday, 9 am to 5 pm, and it’s up through the end of August, so be sure to get by there and prepare to be mesmerized.

It was an honor and a thrill to be on this beautiful campus, and I look forward to being back there in August of this year for block drives, chats, and story swapping with students, classes, and community organizations. Amber and I are doing some calendar coordinating now, so check the calendar or subscribe to the newsletterand/or the blog for details.

Thank you for having me in Missouri, y’all. It was SO much fun.

If your campus or class or organization would like to have me visit to hold a block drive, speak to classes, do a presentation, just holler.

University of Central Missouri, Here I (Um . . . We) Come

March 21, 2019 / jeanne / 0 Comments

woman with pewter colored hair and red heart-shaped glasses stands in front of a white quilt covered in pairs of red X's

The largest exhibit to date of The 70273 Project quilts will be on display at The McClure Archives and University Museum on the campus of University of Central Missouri from March 28 to August 24, 2019. More than 100 quilts of all sizes will be on exhibit at The McClure – including lots and lots of blocks and quilts made by residents of Missouri – making this the largest exhibit since the International Quilt Festival in November 2017. Thank you, Amber Clifford-Napoleone, Ph.D., Director of The McClure and Associate Professor of Anthropology (and she’s a quilter, too, me thinks) for making this happen.

Jeanne to Deliver Opening Lecture

On March 28 2019, I’ll deliver the opening lecture at 11 a.m. in Elliott Union 240 with a reception following at The McClure. Both are free and open to the public. If you can be there on 3/28, promise you’ll come be in the audience for the lecture and stay for the reception so I can call you “Sugar” and thank you to your face.

Hours, Directions, and Parking

The McClure is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Thursday. You can find more info on the calendar.

Elliott Union is located on the northeast corner of Holden and Clark streets, on the campus of the University of Central Missouri, approximately 50 miles east of Kansas City.

Free visitor parking is available in visitor parking lots. HERE is the link to the campus map.

University of Central Missouri McClure Archives and University Museum

The largest exhibit to date of The 70273 Project quilts will be on display at the McClure Archives and University Museum on the campus of University of Central Missouri from March 28 to ~~August 24, 2019~~ December 31, 2019.

On March 28 2019, Jeanne will deliver an opening lecture at 11 a.m. in Elliott Union 240 with a reception to follow at The McClure. Both are free and open to the public.

Elliott Union is located on the northeast corner of Holden and Clark streets, on the campus of the University of Central Missouri, approximately 50 miles east of Kansas City.

Free visitor parking is available in visitor parking lots. HERE is the link to the campus map

Quilts Exhibited in Munich, Germany

September 1, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

Who:Quiltundtextilkunst

What: Quilts of The 70273 Project made in Germany and one quilt from Israel

When: 01 September to 15 September, 2018 / Monday to Friday: 10 to 18 / Saturday 10 to 16

Where: Munich, Sebastiansplatz (walking distance from suburban train station Marienplatz, so really in the centre), opposite the new Synagogue

3 women standing in front of several white quilts embellished with pairs of red x's

L to R: Barbara Stöger, Lydia Pallauf, Annemarie Pattis

How: This exhibit is possible thanks to the efforts of Uta Lenk, 70273 Project Ambassador in Germany; and Barbara Stöger, Lydia Pallauf, Annemarie Pattis who helped hang the exhibit as well as members of the Dachau Patchwork Guild who secured a space for The 70273 Project quilts in this magnificent exhibit.

Tell everybody you know who lives in or near or visits Germany and encourage them to visit this moving exhibit. (And to send me photos).

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Quilts on Display at the Minnesota Quilt Show

June 14, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

I”m honored that The 70273 Project is a Special Exhibit at the 40th anniversary Minnesota Quilt Show and Conference June 14, 15, and 16, 2018 in beautiful St. Cloud, Minnesota, and I thought you’d like to see which quilts are on display here.

Quilt 55
Made by Margaret Andrews (USA)
60″ x 68″ / 152cm x 173cm
121 lives commemorated
Completed May 2017

Quilt 65
40″ x 60″ / 102cm x 152cm
55 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017
Pieced by Caribou Quilt Guild (USA)
Quilted by Carol Goodsell (USA)
Finished by Sandy Martin (USA)
Blocks made by:
Jeanne Huebert
Anonymous
Maria Conway
Lee Durbin
Jennifer Eastment
Margaret Williams
Susan Utech
Diane Dresdner
Betty Hedrick
Rosalie Roberts
Linda Heron
Debbie Buckner
Alida Palmisano
Pam Patterson
Faye Cook
Barbara Atwell
Janet Eidem
Chloe Grice
Sandy Martin
Martine Bronca
Sharleen Jespersen
Frances Holliday Alford
Laurel Hotchkiss
Michelle Banton
Carolyn Katzoff
Jennifer Lario Moya
Nancy Fenstermacher
Past Brletich
Glenda Williams
Janine Morrell
Elizabeth Belcher
Caroline Rudisill
Jill Hagererer
Barbara Churchville
Elaine Erickson
Kathleen J.
Reck Patricia Gaska
Elizabeth (Libby) Cook
Brenda Shimshick
Shelly Burge
Staff of Holy Spirit College, dedicated to all with differing abilities

Quilt 74
56″ x 28″ / 142cm x 72cm 28
lives commemorated
Completed February 2017
Blocks made by:
Nicole Marty
Alice Thomas
Suzy Bignau
Anne Vignals
Yolande Clavel
Maite Findeling

Quilt 80
67.5″ x 78.5″ / 171cm x 199cm
90 lives commemorated
Completed February 2017
Pieced by Annie Paire (France)
Quilted and Finished by Chantal Baquin (France)
Blocks made by Citizens of Lentigny, France

Quilt 112
18″ x 22″ / 46 cm x 56 cm
698 lives commemorated
Completed March 2017
Made by Katell Renon, France

Quilt 116
66″ x 35″ / 168cm x 89cm
56 lives commemorated
Completed April 2017
Made by Members of Quilt du Club de Careers
Maryse Carbet
Eliane Pete
Daniele Delvit
Odile Mainguy
Kristine Soufflet

Quilt 121
40.5″ x 50″ / 103cm x 127cm
41 lives commemorated
Completed May 2017
Blocks made by
Marie-Claude Serres
Martine Pages
Viviane Molières
Sue Webb
Anonymous
Claudine Dupont
Annie Delbox
Marie-Annick Couffignac
Christiane Debray

Quilt 138
41″ x 55″ / 104cm x 140cm
62 lives commemorated
Completed August 2017
Blocks made by:
Marie-Claude Serres
Martine Pages
Viviane Molières
Sue Webb
Anonymous
Claudine Dupont
Annie Delbox
Marie-Annick Couffignac
Christiane Debray

Quilt 150
18″ x 22″ / 46 cm x 56 cm
685 lives commemorated
Completed May 2017
Made by Margaret Jackson (UK)

Quilt 152
18″ x 22″ / 46 cm x 56 cm
998 lives commemorated
Completed May 2017

Quilt 177
18.5″ x 22.5″ / 47cm x 57cm
503 lives commemorated
Completed June 2017
Made by Deirdre McConathy (USA)

Quilt 188
18″ x 22″ / 46cm x 56cm
222 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017
Made by Margaret Andrews (USA)

Quilt 199
18″ x 22″ / 46cm x 56cm
547 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017
Made by Nan Ryan (USA)

Quilt 206
40″ x 54″ / 102cm x 137cm
63 lives commemorated
Completed October 2017
Pieced by: Wendy Tuma (USA)
Quilted by Connie Albin (USA)
Finished by: Wendy Tuma (USA)

Quilt 214
46″ x 56.74″ / 116cm x 144cm
50 lives commemorated
Completed November 2017
Pieced by: Patti Lapinsky (USA)
Quilted by Beth Schmidt (USA)
Finished by: Marge Cree (USA)
Blocks Made by:
Patricia Gaska
Margaret Williams
Peggy Lowrie
Faye Cook
Kathy Shaw
Christina Cromwell
Mildred S. (Millie) Long
Margaret Andrews
Nathalie Toulous
Brenda Shimshick
Faye Cook
Jean Fogle
Diane Dresdner
Nancy Weinmister
Lori East
Pam Patterson
Rebecca hart
Susan Utech
Carolyn Katzoff
Carly Burch
Marti Anderson
Jackie Batman
suzanne McCarthy
Jennifer Lario Moya
Anonymous
Michelle Banton
Deborah L. J. MacKinnon and the Kingston/North Kitsop Rotary Club
Janet Tobler, for all those who had no voice
Susan Guild, for Bobbie Cherry and the 70273 people who died
Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, for Brad, Robby, Rachel, Nancy, Kevin, Carol
MJ Kinman, for Bess J. Liversidge and Elizabeth Zelms
Jane Cunningham, for Tania, Taylor, Pete, Tania, Hugh, Marty, Jeannie, Vicki, Sharon, Aiden, Martin, Guy, Don, Murray, David, Craig, Willie, David, Manoli
Frances Holliday Alford, for Linda Rybak
Pam Patterson, for Jack GArland Richie, a World War II veteran and her dad
Rosalie Robers, for Tawna Roberts
Staff of Holy Spirit College, for all those with different levels of ability
Betty Byford, for the 70273 disabled people killed by the Nazis in early World War II

Quilt 249
62.5″ x 66.5″ / 159cm x 169cm
35 lives commemorated
Completed June 2017
Made entirely by Amy Castillo (USA)

Quilt 266
39.5″ x 51.5″ / 100cm x 131cm
31 lives commemorated
Completed September 2017
Made by Sandy Martin (USA)

Quilt 269
21″ x 19.5″ / 53cm x 50cm
613 lives commemorated
Completed August 2017
Made by Philippa Doyle (New Zealand)

Quilt 281
46″ x 35″ / 117cm x 89cm
65 lives commemorated
Completed October 2017
Pieced, Quilted, and Finished by Sophie Brunch
Blocks made by:
Nicolle Merest
Marie Dominique Angais Francine Chartier
Jeannie Leglise
Betty Pecastaing
Pierrette Darrigan
Marie-Catherine Cazeenave
Marie-Ange Bonnet
Nicole Baudet
Marie-Therese Morant
Patricia Ledoux
Micheline Mimaud
Jocelyne Hontabat
Corinne Lesgourgues
Francoise Labarsouque
Christine Amstutz
Sophie Brunch
Dominique Lucat
Marie-Therese Lentz
Christiane Coumailleau
Edmond Rouchaleou
Dany Labernede
Michele Girou
Agnes Bernet
Marianne Darroussat
Francoise Berniolles
Annie Line
Anne-Marie Digeos
Jeanne Denoyer

Quilt 310
21.5″ x 18.75″ / 55cm x 48cm
339 lives commemorated
Completed August 2017
Made by Bev Haring (USA)

Quilt 368
17″ x 21.5″ / 43cm x 55cm
224 lives commemorated
Completed November 2017
Made by Karen Fahel (USA)

Quilt 370
24″ x 23.5″ / 61cm x 60cm
616 lives commemorated
Completed November 2017
Made by Sarah Lauzon (USA)

Quilt 555
18″ x 22″ / 46cm x 56cm
1105 lives commemorated
Completed April 2018
Made by Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, for Rue Opal
and the joy she will bring to all who know and love her

It’s a wonderful, marvelous show because of the wonderful, marvelous people from the show organizers to the people attending. More about the show tomorrow.

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Northwest Festival of Quilts Special Exhibit

May 10, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

Y’all say “Hey” to the quilts that will be on display in The 70273 Project Special Exhibit at the Northwest Festival of Quilts on Friday, 5/11/18 and Saturday, 5/12/18:

a white quilt adorned with pairs of red X's

Quilt #6
57.75″ x 47.25″ / 147cm x 120cm
75 lives commemorated
Completed August 2017

Pieced by Fran Saperstein
Quilted and Finished by Georgeanne Hawley
Blocks made by:
Kitty Sorgen
Elizabeth (Libby) Cook
Faye Cook
Glenda Williams
Bev Wiedeman
Jennifer Shimshick
Jennifer Eastment
Mona Masters
Barbara Attwell
Lois York
Tyler Flores
Linda Heron
Tami Kemberling
Mildred S. (Millie) Long
Carolyn Katzoff
Frances Holliday Alford
Bev Haring
Michelle Banton
Maria Conway
Addison Crowe
Rosemary Claus-Gray
Jennifer Lario Moya
Anonymous
Chloe Grice
Luke Flores
Suzanne Flores
Susan Getchell
Ted Buzzynaki
Linda Reeder
Margaret Williams
Bobbi Penniman
Ada Hewell
Janet Eidem
Steve Jankowsky
Marilyn Fitch
Mary Ann Morris
Catherine S. Bryant
Jane Kennedy
Susie Wheelis
Shea Flores
Laurie Dunn
Pauline
L. G. Wright
Linda Smith
Susan Guild, for Bobbie Cherry and ge 70,273 people who died
Deena Sanders, for the children undergoing gene therapy treatment
Brenda Shimshick, for Beverly Thomas
Lee Durbin, for Tim Durbin
Jeffrey Allen-Kantrowitz, for family members who perished in the Holocaust
Susan Leader, for all who died at the hands of Nazis
Caroline H. Rudisill, for the lost 70,273 and my late sister Susan, whose Special Ed students were so precious to her
Linda Isaacs, for all who are different
Ginger Sauls, for all my former mentally and physically challenged students
Danielle Bohannen, for former students
Elizabeth Belcher, for my father, Lenord White, RAF Pilot, WW 2
Laurel Hotchkiss, for all families who suffered under Hitler
MJ Kinman, for Bess J. Liversidge and Elizabeth Zelms
Linda Davinroy Smith, for Brenda Lynn Muskus and Zachary Cohen
Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, for Brad, Robby, Nancy, Rachel, Kevin, Carol, Alison, Kipp, Marnie, Calder Ray

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #25
59″ x 59″ / 150cm x 150cm
67 lives commemorated
Completed October 2016

Pieced by Andree Traversaz & Evelyne Carrasco
Quilted by Evelyne Carrasco
Blocks made by Members of Quilt de la Ruche des Quilteuses
Evelyne Carrasco
Maité Findeling
Brigitte Janin
Katell Renon
Kristine Toufflet
Andree Traversaz

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #55
60″ x 68″ / 152cm x 173cm
121 lives commemorated
Completed May 2017

Made by Margaret Andrews

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #65
40″ x 60″ / 102cm x 152cm
55 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017

Pieced and Finished by Caribou Quilt Guild
Quilted by Carol Goodsell
Finished by Sandy Martin
Blocks made by:
Elaine Erickson
Kathleen J. Reck
Patricia Gaska
Elizabeth (Libby) Cook
Shelly Burge
Jeanne Huebert
Anonymous
Maria Conway
Lee Durbin
Jennifer Eastment
Margaret Williams
Susan Utech
Diane Dresdner
Betty Hedrick
Rosalie Roberts
Linda Heron
Debbie Buckner
Alida Palmisano
Pam Patterson
Faye Cook
Barbara Atwell
Janet Eidem
Chloe Grice
Sandy Martin
Martine Bronca
Sharleen Jespersen
Frances Holliday Alford
Laurel Hotchkiss
Michelle Banton
Carolyn Katzoff
Jennifer Lario Moya
Nancy Fenstermacher
Patsi Brletich
Glenda Williams
Janine Morrell
Elizabeth Belcher
Caroline Rudisill
Jill Hagemeier
Barbara Churchill
Brenda Shimshick, for Beverly Thomas
Staff of Holy Spirit College, for all with differing abilities

white quilt adorned with pairs of red X's

Quilt #74
56″ x 28″ / 142cm x 72cm
28 lives commemorated
Completed February 2017

Blocks made by:
Nicole Marty
Alice Thomas
Suzy Bignau
Anne Vignals
Yolande Clavel
Maité Findeling

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #80
67.5″ x 78.5″ / 171cm x 199cm
90 lives commemorated
Completed February 2017

Pieced by Annie Paire
Quilted and Finished by Chantal Baquin
Blocks made by citizens of Lentigny, France

white quilt with pairs of red X's

Quilt #81
40.5″ x 85.75″ / 103cm x 218cm
109 lives commemorated
Completed October 2017

Pieced, Quilted, and Finished by Chantal Baquin
Blocks made by:
Dominique Rivas and
other Members of Mon Ile En Patch

white quilt with pairs of red X's

Quilt #103
45″ x 46″ / 114cm x 117cm
41 lives commemorated
Completed June 2017

Pieced & Quilted by Sharleen Jespersen
Blocks made by:
Jennifer Lario Moya
Linda Heron
Michelle Banton
Janet Hartje
Robin Woods
Glenda Williams
Mary Schuberg
Lee Durbin
Faye Cook
Claudia Cross
Christina Cromwell
Janet Eidem
Steve Jankousky
Barbara Atwell
Debbie Burchell
Kathy Shaw
Maria Conway
Elizabeth (Libby) Cook
Caroline Rudisill
Denniele Bohannen
Susan Getchell
Laurel Hotchkiss
John Cheek
Jennifer Eastment
Pam Patterson
Janine Morrell
Nancy Fenstermacher and Barbara Churchville
Desiree Habicht, for daughter Jennifer & to moms with disabled children
Carolyn Katzoff, for John Wies
Margaret Williams, for Nancy Chambers and Jeanne Hewell-Chambers
Elizabeth Belcher, for her father Leneord White, RAF Pilot in WW2
Staff of Holy Spirit College, for those with different levels of abilities
Rosalie Roberts, for Ila Rae Yost
Patsy Brelitch, for Robert and Rebecca Pohlad
Katie Smith, for Josephine Thompson
Patricia Gaska, for Sandy Wild
Brenda Shimshick, for Beverly Thomas

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #105
45″ x 45″ / 114cm x 114cm
37 lives commemorated
Completed June 2017

Blocks made by:
Jennifer Lario Moya
Chloe Grice
Margaret Williams
Michelle Banton
Barbara Atwell
Debbie Burchell
Margaret Williams
Lee Durbin
Anonymous
Caroline Rudisill
Christina Cromwell
Janet Eidem
Glenda Williams
Faye Cook
Jennifer Eastment
Maria Conway
Sharleen Jespersen
Patricia Gaska
Janine Morrell
Linda Heron
Ellzabeth Belcher
Denniele Bohannen
Laurel Hotchkiss
Frances Holliday Alford
Patsi Brletich
Elizabeth (Libby) Cook
Pam Patterson
Deborah L. J. MacKinnon
Debra Steinmann
Debbie Buckner
John Cheek
Carolyn Katzoff, for John Wies
Barbara Winfield, for all who suffered because of bias and hate
Staff of Holy Spirit College, for all those who have differing abilities
Brenda Shimshick, for Beverly Thomas

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #116
66″ x 35″ / 168cm x 89cm
56 lives commemorated
Completed April 2017

Blocks made by:
Members of Quilt du Club de Careers
Maryse Carbet
Eliane Pete
Daniele Delvit
Odile Mainguy
Kristine Soufflet

white quilt adorned with pairs of red X's

Quilt #121
40.5″ x 50″ / 103cm x 127cm
41 lives commemorated
Completed May 2017

Blocks made by:
Marie-Claude Serres
Martine Pages
Viviane Molières
Sue Webb
Claudine Dupont
Annie Delbox
Marie-Annick Couffignac
Christiane Debray

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #131
52.5″ x 83.5″ / 133cm x 212cm
109 lives commemorated
Completed September 2017

Pieced, Quilted, and Finished by Chantal Baquin
Blocks made in France

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #138
41″ x 55″ / 104cm x 140cm
62 lives commemorated
Completed August 2017

Pieced by Kathy Carfagno
Quilted and Finished by Jessica Skultety
Blocks made by Kathy Carfagno

white quilt adorned with pairs of red X's

Quilt #188
18″ x 22″ / 46cm x 56cm
222 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017

Made by Margaret Andrews

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #199
18″ x 22″ / 46cm x 56cm
547 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017

Made by Nan Ryan

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #206
40″ x 54″ / 102cm x 137cm
63 lives commemorated
Completed October 2017
Pieced by: Wendy Tuma
Quilted by Connie Albin
Finished by: Wendy Tuma

Blocks made by:
Connie Albin
Emma Brinkner
Ruth Brinker
Barbara J. Drentlaw, for Lisa Drentlaw, Phillip Drentlaw Barbara J. Drentlaw, Kimberly Drentlaw Anderson Amanda Roberts, for John Raymond Emery
Amanda Roberts, for Eve Myrtle Emery
Lydia Telstra, Loni Warner, Sara Webser, Kiwi Bielenberg, Laurie Larson, Mary Boyum, Dolly Larson, and Allyson Bernsdorff, for the hundreds of babies, children, and adults – and their families – they have worked with and served
Wendy Tuma, for Robert Tuma

white quilt embellished with pairs of red X's

Quilt #214
46″ x 56.74″ / 116cm x 144cm
50 lives commemorated
Completed November 2017

Pieced by: Patti Lapinsky
Quilted by Beth Schmidt
Finished by: Marge Cree
Blocks made by:
Patricia Gaska
Margaret Williams
Peggy Lowrie
Faye Cook
Kathy Shaw
Christina Cromwell
Mildred S. (Millie) Long
Margaret Andrews
Nathalie Toulous
Brenda Shimshick
Faye Cook
Jean Fogle
Diane Dresdner
Nancy Weinmaster
Lori East
Rebecca Hart
Susan Utech
Carolyn Katzoff
Carly Burch
Marti Anderson
Jackie Batman
Suzanne McCarthy
Jennifer Lario Moya
Michelle Banton
Deborah L. J. MacKinnon and the Kingston/North Kitsop Rotary Club
Janet Tobler, for all those who had no voice
Susan Guild, for Bobbie Cherry and the 70273 people who died
Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, for Brad, Robby, Rachel, Nancy, Kevin, Carol
MJ Kinman, for Bess J. Liversidge and Elizabeth Zelms
Jane Cunningham, for Tania, Taylor, Pete, Tania, Hugh, Marty, Jeannie, Vicki, Sharon, Aiden, Martin, Guy, Don, Murray, David, Craig, Willie, David, Manoli
Frances Holliday Alford, for Linda Rybak
Pam Patterson, for Jack GArland Richie, a World War II veteran and her dad
Rosalie Robers, for Tawna Roberts
Staff of Holy Spirit College, for all those with different levels of ability
Betty Byford, for the 70273 disabled people killed by the Nazis in early World War II

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #221
20.75″ x 17″ / 53cm x 43cm
147 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017

Made by Esther Muh

white quilt with pairs of red X's arranged in the shape of a pot of flowers

Quilt #222
16.5″ x 21.75″ / 42cm x 55cm
166 lives commemorated
Completed July 2017

Made by Jan Stone

rows of pairs of red X's atop a white quilt

Quilt #249
62.5″ x 66.5″ / 159cm x 169cm
35 lives commemorated
Completed June 2017

Made by Amy Castillo

white quilt decorated with pairs of red X's

Quilt #262
21.75″ x 17.75″ / 55cm x 45cm
39 lives commemorated
Completed September 2017

Made by Jeffrey Allen-Kantrowilz
In memory of Chaim Giwner, Rochel Zombrbrofsky, Yenta, Jacob Joseph Krimckewitz, and 5 children who perished in Treblinka

white quilt decorated with pairs of red X's

Quilt #266
39.5″ x 51.5″ / 100cm x 131cm
31 lives commemorated
Completed September 2017

Made by Sandy Martin

[Yikes – photo is missing. Will snap one at the festival and enter it Friday night.]

Quilt #269
21″ x 19.5″ / 53cm x 50cm
613 lives commemorated
Completed August 2017

Made by Philippa Doyle

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #281
46″ x 35″ / 117cm x 89cm
65 lives commemorated
Completed October 2017

Pieced, Quilted, and Finished by Sophie Brunch
Blocks made by:
Nicolle Merest
Marie Dominique
Angais Francine Chartier
Jeannie Leglise
Betty Pecastaing
Pierrette Darrigan
Marie-Catherine Cazeenave
Marie-Ange Bonnet
Nicole Baudet
Marie-Therese Morant
Patricia Ledoux
Micheline Mimaud
Jocelyne Hontabat
Corinne Lesgourgues
Francoise Labarsouque
Christine Amstutz
Sophie Brunch
Dominique Lucat
Marie-Therese Lentz
Christiane Coumailleau
Edmond Rouchaleou
Dany Labernede
Michele Girou
Agnes Bernet
Marianne Darroussat
Francoise Berniolles
Annie Line Anne-Marie Digeos
Jeanne Denoyer

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's

Quilt #282
17″ x 21.5″ / 43cm x 55cm
46 lives commemorated
Completed September 2017

Made by Beth Schmidt

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's, large and small

Quilt #310
21.5″ x 18.75″ / 55cm x 48cm
339 lives commemorated
Completed August 2017

Made by Bev Haring

white quilt with pairs of red X's arranged in the shape of a tree

Quilt #368
17″ x 21.5″ / 43cm x 55cm
224 lives commemorated
Completed November 2017

Made by Karen Fahel

white quilt covered with multiple pairs of red X's

Quilt #369
21.25″ x 19″ / 54cm x 46cm
116 lives commemorated
Completed November 2017

Made by Orlando Modern Quilt Guild

white quilt covered with pairs of red X's Quilt #370
24″ x 23.5″ / 61cm x 60cm
616 lives commemorated
Completed November 2017

Made by Sarah Lauzon

So honored to be invited to the Northwest Festival of Quilts, and I hope that if you’re in the vicinity or can get there, you’ll come to the festival so I can call you “Sugar” to your face. Thank you, Maureen Eldred, for all the time and energy you’ve put into making this Special Exhibit happen.

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St. John’s Notting Hill Exhibit

May 8, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

a reverend stands before white quilts adorned with pairs of red X's

If you’re in the vicinity of London and would like to see some of The 70273 Project quilts, you must find your way to St. John’s Notting Hill before 10 May 2018. When I first heard from The Rev’d Canon William Taylor, he wrote: “I have been very moved by the exhibition and am working with the Serbian Orthodox Church on the genocide of the Second World War. I would like to offer to hose the exhibition in London after it comes down at Rochester. Would that be possible?”Thanks to the efforts and assistance of Lucy Horner, it was not only possible, this exhibit happened.

3 empty walls waiting for quilts to be hung

the inside of a cathedral

two large banners, each bearing 2 red X's and from the ceiling of a cathedral

a wall covered with quilts with a white base, each filled with pairs of red X's

inside a cathedral

The quilts come down on 10 May 2018, so go on now, scoot. Thank you, William, for displaying the quilts and giving others an opportunity to experience them, and thank you, Lucy Horner, for all the time and energy you continue to devote to The 70273 Project.

Would you like to host an exhibit? Let me know.

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Let’s Welcome The Netherlands

May 5, 2018 / jeanne / 0 Comments

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After agonizing over it a while, The Engineer and I opt to go to lunch together, and sure enough what we feared would happen, did. We get back to the exhibit to find a note in our journal from a woman that I would love to have met. Fortunately (1) we eat fast and (2) she comes back, and now you get to meet her, too. Yvonne promises to galvanize the Netherlands and get them into The 70273 Project in a big way. And one detail I’m not sure she mentions in the video: though they’re not Jewish, she and her husband live in a Jewish cemetery. Every year on Memorial Day, school children come in to help clean the graves, put out flowers, and hear stories from Holocaust survivors.

two women stand beside a multi-colored quilt

At the end of the day as we are leaving, we take the circuitous route (we do every day when entering and leaving) so we can view more of the amazing quilts on display, I hear my name and look around to see Yvonne beckoning me over. She’s won a Teacher’s Award ribbon, and oh my goodness is it an award ever well-earned.

a closeup of small quilts sewn together to make a large quilt

a closeup of the border of a quilt

I couldn’t get a photo of the entire quilt because there were so many people standing around admiring it, but I’ll get one today before the crowds arrive and add it here. It is 225 mini quilts stitched together and surrounded by a spectacular border . . . and it’s all hand pieced and quilted. Yes, really.

You know how you meet someone and feel an instant connection and desire to spend more time with them? Well, Yvonne is on that list with so many other people we’ve met along the way. I sense (well, hope) a visit to the Netherlands in my future, and maybe Yvonne and her husband would like to come spend some time atop a mountain beside a waterfall.

I have so many more stories and photos to tell y’all, but when I sit down at the computer at night, I go to sleep! They’ll come. I promise.

I am, however, able to upload a few short videos if you’re interested.

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